Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Shun Ohkubo

Mitsushi Itano

Daisuke Karube

Yuuki Yotsumoto

Tatsuya Takakuwa

Kazuhiro Takahashi

Yuzo Komatsu

Eiji Kumakura

Atsushi Yoshimi

Takuro Yamada

Tatsumi Tsuchiya

Ikuhiro Iwata

Yasufu Yamada

Hitomi Kuroki

Kenji Gobou

Tomoyuki Gotou

Akihito Mizuno

Tetsushi Tsuda

Takeo Abe

Yumi Toda

Takehiro Chaki

Masaru Tanaka

Takashi Usui

Satoshi Tokuno

Yuuichi Yanagi

Atsushi Okamoto

Yoshinari Asano

Kazuhiro Furusho

Keiji Aota

Takashi Yoshimura

Masanori Ukibune

Kei Kuramoto

Keisuke Ohtsuka

Yoshikazu Nakao

Shinichi Fujinaka

Provided is a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. A composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising 1,1-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132a) and difluoromethane (R32), wherein HFO-1132a is present in an amount of 26 to 40 mass % based on the total of HFO-1132a and R32, and R32 is present in an amount of 60 to 74 mass % based on the total of HFO-1132a and R32.

Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, refrigerator having same, and method for operating said refrigerator

The present invention addresses a problem of providing a mixed refrigerant that combines three kinds of performances of having a refrigeration capacity (this may also be referred to as a cooling capacity) and of having a coefficient of performance (COP) equivalent to those of R410A, and of having a sufficiently small GWP. As a means for solving the problem, provided is a refrigerant-containing composition, wherein the refrigerant contains trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (R1234yf), and R32.

Refrigerant-containing composition, use of same, refrigerator having same, operation method for said refrigerator, and refrigeration cycle device equipped with same

An object is to suppress disproportionation in a refrigerant comprising HFO-1132(E). Provided as a means for a solution is a method for suppressing a disproportionation reaction of HFO-1132(E), the method comprising operating a refrigeration cycle using a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and difluoromethane (R32).

Refrigerant-containing composition, use thereof, refrigerator having said composition, and method for operating said refrigerator

An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. A solution to the problem is to provide a composition containing a refrigerant that contains trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)) and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze).

Composition including refrigerant, use therefor, refrigerator comprising same, and method for operating said refrigerator

An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. Provided as a means for a solution is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)) and difluoromethane (R32), wherein HFO-1132(E) is present in an amount of 25 to 27 mass % based on the total of HFO-1132(E) and R32, and R32 is present in an amount of 73 to 75 mass % based on the total of HFO-1132(E) and R32.

Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, freezer having same, and method for operating said freezer

An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. Provided as a means for a solution is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (R32), 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze), and carbon dioxide.

A warm-water generating apparatus () uses, as a refrigerant, a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)). The warm-water generating apparatus () includes a compressor (), a heat-source-side air heat exchanger (), an expansion valve (), and a use-side water heat exchanger (). The water heat exchanger () causes the mixed refrigerant flowing therein and first water to exchange heat with each other to heat the first water.

Warm-water generating apparatus

Provided is a novel, low-GWP mixed refrigerant. A composition contains a refrigerant that contains trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze).

Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, refrigerator comprising same, and method for operating said refrigerator

The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant characterized by having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein HFO-1132 (E) is present in an amount of 35.0 to 65.0 mass %, and HFO-1234yf is present in an amount of 65.0 to 35.0 mass %, based on the total mass of HFO-1132 (E) and HFO-1234yf, and wherein the refrigerant is for use in operating a refrigeration cycle in which the evaporation temperature is −75 to −5° C.

Composition containing refrigerant, and refrigeration method using said composition, operating method for refrigeration device, and refrigeration device

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. To solve this problem, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze), and difluoromethane (R32).

There is provided a refrigerant charging method in which a foreign material and moisture are avoided from entering a heat source unit until a refrigeration cycle apparatus is configured. The refrigerant charging method is a method of charging a refrigerant to a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigeration cycle is to be performed by a circulating refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit being configured by connecting a second heat source unit and a utilization unit to each other. The refrigerant charging method includes charging a first refrigerant to the second heat source unit before connecting the second heat source unit to the utilization unit to configure the refrigerant circuit, and connecting the second heat source unit to the utilization unit and charging a second refrigerant that differs from the first refrigerant to the refrigerant circuit to obtain the circulating refrigerant that includes the second refrigerant and the first refrigerant that is charged in the second heat source unit.

Refrigerant charging method, heat source unit, and renewed refrigeration cycle apparatus

Efficiency in refrigerant charging work is addressed when a recovered refrigerant recovered from a first heat source unit is to be charged to a second heat source unit. A refrigerant charging method is a charging method used when a first heat source unit of an already installed refrigeration cycle apparatus in which a refrigeration cycle is to be performed by a refrigerant that circulates is to be replaced with a second heat source unit. The refrigerant charging method includes recovering a first refrigerant from an already installed refrigeration cycle apparatus and obtaining a recovered refrigerant and charging the recovered refrigerant and charging a second refrigerant whose composition differs from the composition of the recovered refrigerant to the refrigeration cycle apparatus after renewal that includes the second heat source unit.

Refrigerant charging method

The present invention provides a refrigerant-containing composition by using a refrigerant that has a refrigerating capacity equivalent to that of widely used R404A, and a low GWP. Specifically, the present invention provides a composition that contains a refrigerant containing difluoromethane (R32), pentafluoroethane (R125), 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (R143a), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluropropene (R1234yf), and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a) in specific concentrations.

Composition containing refrigerant comprising R32, R125, R143A, R1234YF and R134A, and refrigeration method, refrigerator operating method and refrigerator using said composition

The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant (mixed refrigerant), the composition having three types of performance; i.e., a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity (Cap) that are equivalent to or higher than those of R404A and/or R410A, and a sufficiently low GWP. The present disclosure specifically provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising difluoromethane (HFC-32), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), and at least one of 1,1-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132a) and tetrafluoroethylene (FO-1114).

Refrigerant-containing composition, heat transfer medium, and heat cycle system

No studies have been made regarding what kinds of refrigerants should be used in a refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle. An air conditioner () for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit () and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (). The refrigerant circuit () includes a compressor (), a first heat exchanger (), which serves as a heat dissipater in a dehumidifying heating mode, an outside-air heat exchanger (), a cooling control valve (), and a second heat exchanger (), which serves as an evaporator in the dehumidifying heating mode. The refrigerant is a refrigerant having a low GWP.

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Osaka, Japan

Shun Ohkubo